Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) and Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II.
Project Leader, RFBerlin.
Research Network Affiliate, CESifo.
Ph.D. in Economics (2024), University College London.
Research interests: labor economics, public economics, applied microeconomics.
Contact:
lorenzo.incoronato [at] unina.it
Department of Economics and Statistics
University of Naples Federico II
Via Cintia Monte S. Angelo
80126 Napoli, Italy
Research (click here for drafts & more information)
WORKING PAPERS
"Place-based industrial policies and local agglomeration in the long run"
with S. Lattanzio (Bank of Italy)
"Opting out of centralized collective bargaining: evidence from Italy"
with C. Dustmann (UCL), C. Giannetto (UCL), C. Lacava (Naples Federico II), V. Pezone (Tilburg), R. Saggio (UBC) and B. Schoefer (Berkeley)
"Declining free lunch: state capacity and foregone public spending"
with S. Fritz (IWH-Halle) and C. van der List (Essex)
WORK IN PROGRESS (Slides/draft available upon request)
"Salary caps for public managers and public sector performance"
with E. Di Porto (Naples Federico II), C. Dustmann (UCL) and C. Giannetto (UCL)
"Hiring subsidies and female employment"
with M. Distefano (LSE) and A. Raute (QMUL)
PUBLICATIONS
"Government transfers and votes for state intervention"
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3): 451–80
with G. Albanese (Bank of Italy) and G. de Blasio (Bank of Italy)
"The age-productivity profile: long-run evidence from Italian regions"
Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024: 1-22
with F. Barbiellini Amidei (Bank of Italy), M. Gomellini (Bank of Italy) and P. Piselli (Bank of Italy)
NEWS
"Salary caps for public managers and public sector performance" presented at the 2025 NBER Summer Institute, Personnel Economics
New WP out "Opting out of centralized collective bargaining: evidence from Italy"